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5 favorite fruits

List your top 5 favorite fruits.

My 5 favorite fruits:

Mango, pineapple,  and papaya as each one reminds me of my childhood in Ghana.  Plus, their sweet flavor and juicy flavors always leave a wondrous taste in your mouth. Apples are my go to fruit, I love the crunch, sweet and tangy combination that makes you salivate for more.  Finally, oranges are a reminder of my grandmother’s, mother, and mother-in-law  who all enjoyed eating them.

So which is my favorite? It’s a mood thing. I believe my mood dictates my preferences,  very much like when I’m craving chocolate!

My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon.  It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.

https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518

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Certificate of Astounding, poem theme: abuse

Violence

When aggression reigns
People’s solidarity feigns
Peace to give rise to new
Violence that undermines a few.

Women and children being
Weaker are in danger of prying
Away their self-worth with words’
Derogatory punches that blows …

Blows that rain down like
A thundstorm of screams that aren’t fake,
But rather, breaks ensue
That take eons to heal in a pew.

Escape is sometimes the only
Way to endure this period of powerfully
Oppressive, and subjugated conditions
That requires succor from the perfections

Of a society whose aim is self preservation,
And where victims of violence live in perdition.

©️Malak kalmoni chehab ©️

My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon.  It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.

https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518

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Review of my poem:

Break the Mold

Double Accrostic


Break out! Break the mold!
Remember to be  you       Me
Even when the going        gEts tough
Are you able to stand         kNowing
Kings entertainers         athleTes professionals

The fame all                 encompAssing never fails
Heading into disaster                 Losing self-respect
Even before showing your true colors.

Steadfast strong never          Holding back
Training accepting inevitability                     Employing
Ingenuity to excell in the face of    Adversity
Gleaning the training necessary Leaving nothing
Motivating growth to keep the          Team from
Annihilation by being the weak link Holding them back.

©️ Malak kalmoni chehab ©️

My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon.  It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.

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High Park, Toronto

On Sunday,  we went to High Park in Toronto in order to get a peak at the cherry Blossoms. It was disappointing to see that 80% of the flowers had fallen already, but the Park was full of families, bikers, teens, all out in the sun, watching nature around us. Among the beauty that captured my imagination was this beautiful bird: Red winged black bird, Agelaius, difficult to pronounce for sure, but an Astoundingly beautiful bird with red and yellow wings contrasting starkly with the ebony black of the bird’s body. The only way for me to have been able to capture it in flight was to take a video and screenshot the pictures I wanted,  then zoom.

I had such a great time, walked/ hiked the trail with my cousin, then had lunch. The weather was a beautiful spring day with very little wind and hot sun, no jacket needed. Highly recommend a visit. Below is a picture from a Google search, clearly showing the different colors in the wing.

What was left of the the cherry Blossoms, swan and nest, tulip bed.

My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.

https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518

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Double Silver Certificate,  poem: Haunted Mansion

I’m always wondrously amazed that my work is being honored by fellow poets.

I’ll apologize to my readers or followers for the darkness of the themes that I’m writing about in the recent months, but they are my outlet for past and present visual trauma of war.

My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms, including Amazon.  It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.

https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518

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Confrontations

What makes you nervous?

Confrontations that may hurt other people’s feelings, especially family members,  are my worst nightmare.  In all honesty,  I usually bottle up my problems so that when I do finally confront the person, my reaction is usually stronger, more aggressive than it should be. That alone creates more problems.  I’m working on being more upfront with my feelings,  but it’s difficult to change 5 decades of behavior in a short time.

My poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms including Amazon. It was on the finalist list for the Canadian Book Club Awards 2023.

https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518

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Opinion prompt

What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain.

I hate being asked if all Muslims are terrorists. This question has been around for centuries now, and as yet, people haven’t been educated enough to realize that Muslims are a peaceful lot in general. The word, Muslim, means peace, which is indoctrinated within Muslims to be at peace within themselves and with their entourage. This means that they seek peace through their prayers and reading of the quoraan in order to learn and apply that peace in their lives.

Yes, there are some Muslim terrorists but those who kill indiscriminately women and children, in my eyes aren’t true Muslims, as Islam teaches us to honor our women, especially mothers under whose prayers and goodwill opens the gates of heaven. Therefore, I implore those with that question to do some research because that question hurts believers unbearably.

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My interview with Joe Mykut about my book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change

https://fb.watch/pGGisoWktw/?mibextid=Nif5oz

The discussion was about the meaning of the title and the cover (tragic and comedy masks), my favorite poem(s), and my new projects.

The book is available on all eplatforms, including Amazon.com. Read it and leave me a review, or connect via http://www.malakkcwriting.com

https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518

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Wishes, Certificate of Excellence

Wishes

As the countdown to 2023 starts,
My mind takes a long look behind
And wonders what wishes, surprises
Are in store for 2024 that won’t stand
Down to the tests of time.

I wish for a world of peace
I wish for a world without violence,
I wish for justice to prevail,
I wish for family strength and unity,
I wish for a world that’s compassionate and humane,
I wish for honesty to triumph over lies,
I wish that this society’s rules made sense,
I wish, I wish, I wish…

Wishing for something and achieving
Your goal are separate indeed, as
Working hard drives you to attaining
Your objective, while just wishing for it to lands
In your lap will never happen!


©️ Malak kalmoni chehab ©️

Poetry book, Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, is available on all eplatforms, including Amazon.com

https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518

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Certificate of excellence, Flighty Hearts

Flighty Hearts

Love our paper hearts
Easy to tear,
but cuts
Like a bear.

Its unique shape
Lends to despair,
When it broke
By your hand and air.

Its unique shape
Rises into fullness,
Then dips in face
Of falsehoods that pierce…

Look into its shape
That seems divided
Into yay and nay, a cape
Of vascillation that cried,

Its tear wails
Till eye sight goes blind
With too many choices
And decisions that bind.

Oh ye who have
A paper heart,
Let its love
Blind you and never cut.

©️ Malak kalmoni chehab ©️

Poetess, author: Perfectly Flawed poetry for change, available on Amazon.com, iTunes, Googlebooks, kobo, Barnes and noble, and more

https://www.amazon.ca/Perfectly-Flawed-poetry-Malak-Kalmoni/dp/1525582518